ghost
IPA: gˈoʊst
noun
- (uncommon or dated) The spirit; the human soul.
- The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
- Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
- A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
- An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused by the transmitted image being received both directly and via reflection.
- A ghostwriter.
- A nonexistent person invented to obtain some (typically fraudulent) benefit.
- A dead person whose identity is stolen by another. See ghosting.
- (Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
- (computing) An image of a file or hard disk.
- (theater) An understudy.
- (espionage) A covert (and deniable) agent.
- The faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
- (video games) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
- Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of him/her.
- (quantum mechanics) An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
- (attributive, linguistics, computing) A formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
- (uncountable) A game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
- (attributive, in names of species) White or pale.
- (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
- (attributive) Abandoned.
- (attributive) Remnant; the remains of a(n).
- (attributive) Perceived or listed but not real.
- (attributive) Of cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
- (attributive) Substitute.
- (countable) Clipping of ghost pepper. [Synonym of bhut jolokia]
verb
- (obsolete, transitive) To haunt; to appear to in the form of an apparition.
- (obsolete) To die; to expire.
- (literary) To imbue with a ghost-like hue or effect.
- (transitive, intransitive) To ghostwrite.
- (nautical) To sail seemingly without wind.
- (computing) To copy a file or hard drive image.
- (graphical user interface) To gray out (a visual item) to indicate that it is unavailable.
- (Internet, transitive) To forcibly disconnect an IRC user who is using one's reserved nickname.
- (intransitive) To appear or move without warning, quickly and quietly; to slip.
- (transitive) To transfer (a prisoner) to another prison without the prior knowledge of other inmates.
- (slang) To kill.
- (slang, social media) To perform an act of ghosting: to break up with someone without warning or explanation; to ignore someone, especially on social media.
- (film) To provide the speaking or singing voice for another actor, who is lip-syncing.
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Examples of "ghost" in Sentences
- I was petrified by the ghost.
- He was in a terror of a ghost.
- The ghost whizzed next to her.
- The ghost is frightening everyone.
- Ghosts of the past lurk everywhere.
- The ghost acted as a delusive figure.
- He was not begotten by the Holy Ghost.
- The ghost is the thought to be the dead prince.
- The ghost retained the personality of the deceased.
- This book also included the haunting ghost and the sagacious ghost.
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